| Misirlou |
| posted by max on 2007-01-11 19:02:53 |
Well folks, it's that time of year again. Sega is trying to take away your first amendment rights to make fun of their furry little characters. Read the full legal notice here: www.ytmnd.com/info/legal/sonic.pdf I think the best part about the letter is the footer on the lawyer's email:  My legal assistant DZK has already penned up a response available here: http://ytmndsega.ytmnsfw.com/. I am looking into it further, in the mean time, feel free to let Sega know how much you all appreciate them shitting on their target audience. Cheers! |
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| also dick dale |
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| the new feature is post facto? |
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| Yes. ;D | ||||||
| Yikes. |
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| Up C Down C Left C Right. |
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| whoa early comment | ||||||
| ug.. i hate people | ||||||
| That's NO GOOD!!! | ||||||
| Son of a bitch | ||||||
| Dammit! I thought i was gonna get the first post... | ||||||
| also, we should destroy them. i don't think they know what they are dealing with here. | ||||||
| Sonic = Good. Sega = Not so good in recent years. | ||||||
| woot | ||||||
| internet war :| | ||||||
| sweet 16th | ||||||
| 16th, also damn you Sega. | ||||||
| lol sega | ||||||
| Transfer ownership of the website to Sega? No way in hell. YTMND warriors UNITE!!!!!!!!!!!! | ||||||
| noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo | ||||||
| 18 haha wow | ||||||
| Sup g. | ||||||
| quacker912 alts: mike912, bugs9999, nicksawick, nicksawick1, nicksawick3. | ||||||
| ...I was very, very off. | ||||||
| I never enjoyed a Sonic game.
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| 25th? | ||||||
| Ill be sending a letter
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| 30 | ||||||
| I wonder what /b/ has to say about this? | ||||||
| You said furry. ^.^ | ||||||
| DEFENDERS OF THE INTERNETS, ASSEMBLE! | ||||||
| That's no good! If someone tries to touch your ytmnd first you say no, then you tell them to god out of there! | ||||||
| I will never buy a sega game again than!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111111 boycott sega!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | ||||||
| if youd ask me, its a loss, but its only of the legal. id do it. | ||||||
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| Wait. EVERYONE WAIT. This is purely SEGA of Europe's doing. I have seen NO MENTION of SEGA of America or SEGA of Japan. Maybe we should ask SEGA of America NICELY if they gave their consent to SEGA of Europe. If they did then...WAR. | ||||||
| 38 | ||||||
| We shud totly liek raid the sega forums lol mirite | ||||||
| 39th
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| Why is addressed from Sega of Europe? Isn't there a Sega office in America? | ||||||
| lol, middlesex. | ||||||
| Ha. Sega. | ||||||
| yeah what toast said | ||||||
| Hell, SEGA. Don't go lame on me now. | ||||||
| F*cking t shirts, max. F*cking t shirts. | ||||||
| 50th? | ||||||
| that's no good | ||||||
| 50 | ||||||
| 75thish | ||||||
| thats lame | ||||||
| 54 | ||||||
| 50th? | ||||||
| 51 | ||||||
| It seems to me that Sega has every right to complain to us as we have every right to complain to Ebaums. It's just one site, let's respect thier wishes and let it go ^^; | ||||||
| that's no good | ||||||
| Wam bam | ||||||
| Max is letting us spam? Sweet! | ||||||
| F*cking christ, if they were smart they'd advertise on ytmnd | ||||||
| also somebody call boomaga, this looks like it could use a dramatic interpretation | ||||||
| Well...I think everyone knows that this is going to spark another fad resurgance, just like the Scientology letter sparked all those L. Ron YTMNDs. | ||||||
| how. Thats Europe for you. Its the evils of the secular progressive movement coming out | ||||||
| http://www.sega.com/corporate/corporate.php?item=corporate_contact
complain there, select customer support online form | ||||||
| Sega of Europe? Sega of Japan and Sega of America don't seem to care...
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| GUYS LET ME STATE THIS AGAIN: There is NO MENTION OF SEGA OF AMERICA OR SEGA OF JAPAN. This is COMPLETELY SEGA of Europe's doing. If SEGA of America and SEGA of Japan gave them legal consent, then WAGE WAR. If not then ONLY WAGE WAR ON SEGA OF EUROPE | ||||||
| sixtysix
here come the sonic sites aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah | ||||||
| BOO SEGA | ||||||
| Bitches cant be serious | ||||||
| Let me repeat the frenchman: GUYS LET ME STATE THIS AGAIN: There is NO MENTION OF SEGA OF AMERICA OR SEGA OF
JAPAN. This is COMPLETELY SEGA of Europe's doing. If SEGA of America and SEGA of
Japan gave them legal consent, then WAGE WAR. If not then ONLY WAGE WAR ON SEGA OF
EUROPE | ||||||
| INTERNETS WAR! | ||||||
| F*ckin SEGA!!!! | ||||||
| i suck LOL | ||||||
| sonic sucks | ||||||
| hmm sega of europe. lol maybe they should stick to their countries | ||||||
| I am freaked out on this(I'm still a Sonic fan though)People make fun of Mario and other video games,but are alright | ||||||
| Silly Sega, there's no law on the internet. This reminds me of when CTW tried to tell i-mockery to take down the review of the hacked rom of that sesame street game.. lol. Empty threats are not to be paid attention to ^_^ | ||||||
| 77thcommentiwin | ||||||
| another lawsuit yay | ||||||
| Quote: "GUYS LET ME STATE THIS AGAIN: There is NO MENTION OF SEGA OF AMERICA OR SEGA OF
JAPAN. This is COMPLETELY SEGA of Europe's doing. If SEGA of America and SEGA of
Japan gave them legal consent, then WAGE WAR. If not then ONLY WAGE WAR ON SEGA OF
EUROPE"
Most campanies that have regional devisions know better than to go against thier own company. Most executives worth thier salt will not, nor will ever, argue with decisions made by another branch of the company less they want to get fired. | ||||||
| IT'S TIME TO KICK *SS AND CHEW BUBBLEGUM, AND I'M ALL OUT OF GUM!!! LETS GO GIT UM COMRADES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | ||||||
| 4 1 2 6
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| 82th | ||||||
| "GUYS LET ME STATE THIS AGAIN: There is NO MENTION OF
SEGA OF AMERICA OR SEGA OF JAPAN. This is COMPLETELY SEGA of Europe's doing. If SEGA
of America and SEGA of Japan gave them legal consent, then WAGE WAR. If not then
ONLY WAGE WAR ON SEGA OF EUROPE" | ||||||
| Sega was good during the 16-bit and 32-bit era, they suck now though. | ||||||
| Note that Sonic has sucked since Sonic Adventure 2. | ||||||
| In 1994, Dale's version of Misirlou was heard on the soundtrack of the motion picture Pulp Fiction, thanks to a suggestion to Quentin Tarantino from his friend Boyd Rice. | ||||||
| "Most campanies that have regional devisions know better than to go
against thier own company. Most executives worth thier salt will not, nor will ever,
argue with decisions made by another branch of the company less they want to get
fired."
They wouldn't exactly be going against them, they'd just have nothing to do with it... | ||||||
| Say-ga | ||||||
| SEGA, MORE LIKE GAYGA AMIRITE? | ||||||
| Also in before 100 | ||||||
| "GUYS LET ME STATE THIS AGAIN: There is NO MENTION OF SEGA OF AMERICA OR SEGA OF
JAPAN. This is COMPLETELY SEGA of Europe's doing. If SEGA of America and SEGA of
Japan gave them legal consent, then WAGE WAR. If not then ONLY WAGE WAR ON SEGA OF
EUROPE" | ||||||
| sega sucks now | ||||||
| DZK IS F*CKING GOD!!11! | ||||||
| :( | ||||||
| That's no good | ||||||
| That's NO good! | ||||||
| sega sucks. | ||||||
| 100th | ||||||
| THATS NO GOOD! ALSO 100TH | ||||||
| Hahaha! I knew it! I knew it! I knew this was going to happen! Hahaha! | ||||||
| Just make a 4chan style wordfilter to change one letter. | ||||||
| That is so unsonic. | ||||||
| Make those Sega/Sonic ytmnd's gogogo! | ||||||
| "Note that Sonic has sucked since Sonic Adventure 2." true dat lolz | ||||||
| GOD DAMN I HATE "You have posted a comment 43 seconds ago--you may post again in -13 seconds"
THAT 100 SPOT IS MINE YOU FOOLS!!!!!!!!!! | ||||||
| damn i was beat to 100th.... THATS NO GOOD | ||||||
| Ok i just read the document.
And they want ownership to the site? WHAT THE F*CK.
These guys need to work on selling games, the new sonic games are HORRIBLE, pong is more entertaining. | ||||||
| LOOK AWAY PEOPLE!! THERES NOTHING TO SEE HERE | ||||||
| "Theywouldn't exactly be going against them, they'd just have nothing to do with it..."
True, however the origional person I quoted stated getting SEGA of Japan or America involved as well. That'd only result in either branch supporting Europe's decision. I'm merely replying to the idea he/she seems to be spamming :) | ||||||
| 111th!!!! What the sh*t!??! sega's barely a company anymore. also, whats europe? | ||||||
| secular progressive movement my ass. This is the very thing we liberals fight against: Corporations thinking they own the entire world. | ||||||
| Wow, gg Sega. | ||||||
| WE OWN SONIC NOW BWAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | ||||||
| *reads more*WTF is with European Sega? | ||||||
| sega of Europe must be located in germany....damn nazis | ||||||
| "secular progressive movement my ass. This is the very thing we liberals fight
against: Corporations thinking they own the entire world."
So you support piracy? | ||||||
| OMG I JUST TALKED TO YOU ON AIM FOR 5 SECONDS!!! | ||||||
| *sniffs the air*
You smell that? Smells like... war... | ||||||
| Man, Max is getting a ton of flack lately. Max, whatever happens, thanks for keeping the site free, and trying for complete strangers. | ||||||
| also, DRAMA | ||||||
| max,where are the new mods you promised us in the new year? There's abusive users waiting to be deleted.. | ||||||
| There's nothing funnier than all the people who claim a number and fail miserably. P.S. SEGA minus minus | ||||||
| Yeah Nazis f*ckin' suck,I hope the other Segas are mad at Sega of Europe | ||||||
| OMGZORDS | ||||||
| unlock the code | ||||||
| Why SEGA-Europe, sent from UK, and not SEGA-USA ? ... That's the whole point, baby. Different laws. (from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5230776.stm): "Under the law in countries such as Canada, the UK, and Australia, intermediaries can face potential liability for failing to remove allegedly defamatory content once they have received notification of such a claim, even without court oversight. " (con't) | ||||||
| in before 200 lol copywright i nfringgegegegement | ||||||
| First Amendment Rights? This isn't the United States. 1'd. | ||||||
| "Indeed, several recent cases in the UK and Australia involving Dow Jones, a US publisher, have sent a strong message that intermediaries ignore defamation claims at their peril. [T]he United States enacted a law 10 years ago that provides broad immunity for intermediaries that host third-party content. That provision has since been used dozens of times to immunize ISPs, large companies such as Amazon.com, and small websites who could ill-afford to fight legal challenges. " ... | ||||||
| This will have a HORRIBLE effect on sega of america, they are for surly not pleased with sega of europe. | ||||||
| I'm in the USA,Damn Nazids best not rid freedom of speech | ||||||
| Now, check THIS out: "The Supreme Court of Canada has set a high threshold to determine when a party 'authorises' infringement. Merely hosting content, even after being made aware of an unproven infringement allegation, is unlikely to meet that standard." ... Possible solution, then: host YTMND server in Canada, enjoy the sweet maple syrup of freedom. | ||||||
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| Sega, stop being retarded. Please? | ||||||
| It's time to unite against the evil that is Sega, I feel like I'm 12 hating Sega all over again | ||||||
| "Possible solution, then: host YTMND server in Canada, enjoy the sweet maple syrup of freedom." I'm all for anything that would move us from Ref*ggot Networks to a less greedy host. | ||||||
| | ||||||
| So the US Government is protecting YTMND from The European SEGA Imperials?
"First Amendment Rights? This isn't the United States. 1'd."
YTMND is based in the United States and I'm pretty sure Max is a US Citizin. | ||||||
| this was not a good move by sega at all, as DZK said were one of the only resons people still know about sonic, not only are they takeing popularity form their franchise, but they now have anentire internet commuity of almost 400,000 that now hate them, SGEA SUX | ||||||
| middlesex ftw | ||||||
| Sega just dosn't understand OUR rights of The U.S.A | ||||||
| their made the most recent game sucked | ||||||
| It's the most wonderful time, of the yeaaaar.... | ||||||
| "Possible solution, then: host YTMND server in Canada, enjoy the
sweet maple syrup of freedom."
What's wrong with it being hosted in the US where it has the same freedoms?
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| "were one of the only resons
people still know about sonic"
IGNORANCE FTW! | ||||||
| "It's the most wonderful time, of the yeaaaar...." DAMMIT, Rabbit, now you got me thinking of the Staples BACK-TO F*CKING-SCHOOL commercials. Way to destroy my day, lol. | ||||||
| Sonic is targeted at kids and YTMND isn't exactly a kids' site... | ||||||
| Here's another thing: the audio and image are from one of the cartoon series, either "Sonic the Hedgehog" or "Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog." Both were produced and are owned by DiC Entertainment (founded in Luxembourg, lol) but HQ'd in California. Isn't this more THEIR interest, anyway ? | ||||||
| Someone post this on digg.com | ||||||
| 200th! | ||||||
| 156? | ||||||
| Wow. Usually I can't stand rap (still can't) but I think that was very well written. Also, I kind of feel sorry for Max sometimes. We make fun of stuff and he has to take all the crap from chode-lawyers and crazy radical psuedo-religious chode-scientologists or whatever. :( | ||||||
| Heh, I still got this link in my cache: www.palcomix.com (I had the bad luck of talking to a furry fan). Anyway, feel free to post as much Sonic pr0n as you want. | ||||||
| in before 200 | ||||||
| "What's wrong with it being hosted in the US where it has the same freedoms? " ... What I took from that article is that Canadian law sets a higher threshold of responsibility of "intermediary" sites like YTMND for their hosted content, so less hassle from The Man - I'm kind of being tounge-in-cheek in suggesting a server hosted in Canada, but who knows... | ||||||
| Yeah rebel! | ||||||
| in before 200, i smell a wars...also sega suck | ||||||
| Wow.... Good job Sega. Just good job. | ||||||
| lol | ||||||
| No one has harmed Sonic's reputation more than Sega. | ||||||
| Parody = safety. Thanks, Larry Flint! | ||||||
| You figure Sega would be excited that they're still relevant. | ||||||
| I have a strange feeling that someone has a strange feeling. | ||||||
| "Parody = safety. Thanks, Larry Flint!" Yep, They don't got sh*t on YTMND. | ||||||
| "The contents of this e-mail are confidential" hahahahahahahahahahahaha | ||||||
| GARBAGE DAY! | ||||||
| I didn't know Sega was still in business | ||||||
| F*CK SEGA! i liked sega until this! anyway max, go to stupidcensorship.ytmnd.com i made this ytmnd due to this tragic ytmnd event. :( | ||||||
| fanfare.ytmnd.com | ||||||
| Yeah, no love for Sega. | ||||||
| omfg, are you serious? I didn't know sega would be all gay about it
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| well now i really wont buy sega merchindise now | ||||||
| Sonic is doing horrible in sales so now they need to sue to try and get money. | ||||||
| Nuke the UK | ||||||
| f*cking pusses lol | ||||||
| Well if WW2 means anything, then Japan will ally with Europe (mostly owned by germany at the time) and America will fight with us till the bitter end. | ||||||
| sega sucks ass
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| lololol give us ytmnd and we wont sue u. | ||||||
| We went through the exact same thing with Stephanie YTMND's a while back. Nothing ended up happening. This too shall pass. | ||||||
| Yeah I got a fad comp with sonic in it, AND THEY CANT HAVE IT! | ||||||
| obligatory "that's no good" | ||||||
| 185th woot top 200 | ||||||
| And the sonic ytmnds will now multiply. | ||||||
| lol nutnics | ||||||
| companies have no sense of humor anymore | ||||||
| 1st | ||||||
| Hit back at Sega by illegally downloading Genesis ROMs on BitTorrent. Why Genesis? It was the only decent console that Sega ever had... | ||||||
| That's no good sega. | ||||||
| Yep, I'm not buying any Sonic games. They all suck now anyway. F*ck Sega and f*ck their pathetic legal team. | ||||||
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| Ah! A new fad! | ||||||
| *waiting to see who get's the first "epic reading" of the letter in first. | ||||||
| lol no offense but there is like no1 who plays sonic. I mean comeon the last sonic was about shadow and he had a gun.wtf | ||||||
| Everyone post your sega bashing sites here. | ||||||
| ive always hated sonic | ||||||
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| i dont think they can really sue us becasue we really didnt post anything that was a lie they said that stuff maybe we worded it a little differntly. I have a great sonic ytmnd that I might post but afraid i might get introuble | ||||||
| you show em' | ||||||
| well ok so some old man at SEGA doesn't want Sonic talking about buttsex. Why not take that one down, since it sucks anyways? And then brush up on our legal options. | ||||||
| lol forum raid coming right up | ||||||
| deedeedeedeedeedeedeedeedeedeedeedeedeedeedeedeedeedeer!
deedeedeer.ytmnd.com | ||||||
| Middlesex | ||||||
| RAID ON ALL SEGA-RELATED FORUMS NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW!!!! | ||||||
| well whoopedy doue and f*ck Sega :) | ||||||
| Sega still exists...and are still making Sonic games!?!? Good Lord, Europe must still be in the gaming Dark Ages of Dreamcast. Sega should quit bitching and start working on something original to save their asses in the gaming industry. | ||||||
| 211th | ||||||
| Too bad the newest Sonic game is terrible. They should stick to the best games ever, the original Sonic games on Genesis. | ||||||
| Max you have to give Kassius back http://fanfare.ytmnd.com | ||||||
| Misirlou? Opa yasu!! Also, F*ck Sega - I am not going to play my genesis anymore. YTMND is still here after the scientology battles, so yeah, Sega might not want to waste time and money... | ||||||
| wtf? Since when did Sega joined the cult business? Lol copyright infringement | ||||||
| Send a reply to Mr.Bitchass Brett Farrell with DZKs YTMND attached and a notice that you recieved this e-mail in error. | ||||||
| f*ck sega | ||||||
| I'm slow
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| Up,Up,Up,Down,Down,Down,Left,Right,Left,Right. | ||||||
| what a bunch of whiny bitches. | ||||||
| Hows the new sega video game system coming along? ... oh wait... never mind | ||||||
| i was wondering why there was all these sonic ytmnds all of a sudden | ||||||
| F*ck Sega | ||||||
| "*waiting to see who get's the first 'epic reading' of the letter in first." Well, hey, it's the one-year anniversary of the Bauman dramatic reading! Would be appropriate. | ||||||
| If ever you need proof that this site is populated by idiots and 12 year olds, just read their ideas of sound legal advice. The best reality TV show pitch ever: the entire YTMND Army defend YTMND against Sega Group in a court of law. | ||||||
| wow raid sega.com or somthing... | ||||||
| I never owned a sega! I can't believe the email tries to promote the sale of sonic in a legal letter. | ||||||
| that's no good. | ||||||
| what a bunch of f*gs | ||||||
| 231th:( | ||||||
| this is what sega is gonna do to max --> http://maxlolz.ytmnd.com/ | ||||||
| i mean 233rd | ||||||
| http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/AFVDHQ4W359NH Latest Activity - Yesterday - Inside the Third Reich was added to Brett Farrell's Wish List. | ||||||
| LOL, footer. It goes like, "We are gonna sue your a**! Also buy our new game, available now." Besides this, I believe the gimmick f**got, Hulk-Hogan is an alternate account of the gimmick f**got, Flavor-Flav. They both do about everything the same exact way. | ||||||
| You're such a hardass towards legal threats. I think it's sexy. Wanna date? | ||||||
| They're suing you from Europe. | ||||||
| Whats a "Sega"?? | ||||||
| I wonder if we're going to get a special Sega/Sonic section now... | ||||||
| Uhhh... "Brett Farrell's Profile- In my own words: I am an avid fan of Opera, in particular operreta and even more in particular,French Opera Comique, Opera Bouffe, and Operetta. My favorite composer is Jaques Offenbach but my favorite opera (Opera comique) is Emmanuel Chabrier's 'La Roi Malgre Lui'. It is my dream to become an actual libretist but I imagine there is little market for that. I attend school where i am studying for a major in history." [?] | ||||||
| Max is going to win again. Btw, www.misirlou.ytmnd.com | ||||||
| I bet potential sega customers go "hmm, I don't know about buying their product. Let me log onto ytmnd.com before I make my decision. Oh, sonic says to go rape some people. I'm not going to buy anything sega." | ||||||
| I think they're missing that whole 'parody' thing. Plus, they're in a Different F*cking Country (DFC) | ||||||
| max always wins.
they have no right to sue. | ||||||
| I find it amusing that they still consider Sonic to be one the 'world's most popular' gaming franchise. Funny, because sonic hasn't been cool since 1994. | ||||||
| S.E.G.A. = Slut Electronic Gaming Association. Oh fun! | ||||||
| Aw. Sega. That's no good! | ||||||
| You're telling me, if sonic was passed out on a bed at a party, spread eagle, you wouldn't walk into the bedroom, and have a few pokes, just to see how it feels? | ||||||
| ahahah they live in middlesex | ||||||
| sega sucks anyway
so does sony | ||||||
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